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Tim is an entrepreneur, software developer, and speaker who’s based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Tim created staffroom - the unified school management system, and is the Lead Developer at Umoya Software.
A UCT graduate, Tim specialised in Computer Science and Psychology, and has a particular interest in building systems which are intuitive and easy to use. He is passionate about the intersection of technology and education and has spoken about this at various conferences and schools across the country.
He is the founder of EdTechConf - a grassroots conference to bring passionate ICT educators together.
Tag Archives: apple
A useful Silent Mode
Some guy’s iPhone alarm clock went off at the New York Philharmonic last week. This despite him having the Ringer switch flicked to the “off” position. In this position the switch shows a little orange line. This weekend, the blogosphere has … Continue reading
The trouble with Android
Ice Cream Sandwich, the 4th major version of Android, was announced at Google IO in May 2011. A month ago, on November 14th, Google completed development and released the source code. Sony Ericsson explains why customers shouldn’t expect them to … Continue reading
Tagged android, apple, google, ios, Rant, samsung, Technology
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Wrangling Lion Mail for Gmail
In light of Gmail’s awful redesign – I’ve decided to move back to Apple Mail (on Lion). Its a fantastic app, but it does need a fair bit of tweaking before its ready to replace the (old) Gmail web UI. … Continue reading
Tagged apple, email, Geek, gmail, lion, mail.app, OSX, Technology
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Innovation to Imitation
“Hello, Windows 8? This is iPad. You win.” That’s Paul Thurott tweeting from //Build/ (yes, the forward slashes are required) where a developer preview for Windows 8 was released this week. You can almost feel the simultaneous relief and collective … Continue reading
No VoIP for iPhoners without Wifi
It sounds like Dave Gale had a bad day with his iPhone 3G and Vodacom today. I’m on the road today, between a client site [that's us] in Westlake and the home office when I discover that Vodacom have decided … Continue reading
RSS: Exporting from Mail.app to Google Reader
Despite the fact that some believe that RSS is dead (well, some don’t), I still use it frequently to catch up on the day’s news at a glance. Historically, I’ve kept my feeds in Apple’s Mail.app. However, I’ve recently found … Continue reading
Tagged apple, google, google reader, mail, rss, Technology
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iMyst is released
It’s an exciting day for Myst fans. The iPhone and iPod Touch version of the game was approved today and is available in the App Store. Welcome back to Myst. Wherever you are The original Myst sights and sounds have … Continue reading
The Macworld Philnote
iLife, iWork, MacBookPro 17-inch, and iTunes is finally DRM-Free! It was, by all accounts, one of the most anxiously anticipated Apple Keynotes in recent history. Just 24 hours prior, Steve Jobs had finally released a letter to the community detailing … Continue reading
Tagged apple, Geek, ilife, iwork, mac, macworld, review, Reviews, Technology
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